Patents Examined by Matthew Luu
  • Patent number: 11472199
    Abstract: Inkjet printing apparatus including: ink accommodating unit storing ink; ejection head configured to eject the ink to form print layer; and heating unit configured to heat print target, wherein the ink is clear ink including resin and water, dry film of the clear ink has glass transition temperature of 50° C. or more, the inkjet printing apparatus has first printing mode and second printing mode, and the heating unit is configured to heat the print target so that expression: Tmatte>Tgloss is satisfied, where the Tmatte is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the first printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target, and the Tgloss is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the second printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Akiko Bannai, Kiminori Masuda, Yukiko Takamura
  • Patent number: 11453217
    Abstract: In one example, a printing fluid delivery system for a printer is described. The printing fluid delivery system includes a plurality of interconnected printing fluid supply modules forming a page-wide printing fluid manifold to supply printing fluid from one or more cartridges to one or more printheads along a print bar in a printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Jose Antonio Lopez Abances, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
  • Patent number: 11446930
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle, and a channel unit having a first surface facing and joined with the nozzle plate. The channel unit has a first channel member having the first surface, and a second channel member having a second surface facing and joined with the first channel member. The second channel member is formed with a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber, a first opening and a second opening defined by the second surface, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the first opening, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber and the second opening. The first channel member is formed with a third connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Shohei Koide, Jiro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11446935
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium, a printhead configured to print an image by discharging ink to the print medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, a heating unit provided downstream of the printhead with respect to a conveyance direction of the print medium and configured to heat the print medium on which the image is printed by the printhead, and a correction unit provided downstream of the heating unit with respect to the conveyance direction and configured to correct curl occurring in the print medium. The apparatus controls to delay, between the heating unit and the correction unit, the conveyance of the print medium heated by the heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuya Hamada
  • Patent number: 11440330
    Abstract: In one example, a liquid delivery system for an inkjet type dispenser includes: a printhead unit; a reservoir separate from the printhead unit; a flow path from the reservoir through the printhead unit and back to the reservoir; an interconnect to connect a removable liquid container to the flow path; and a single pump to pump ink along the flow path: from the reservoir through the printhead unit and back to the reservoir; and from the interconnect to the reservoir when a removable liquid container is connected to the interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A Devries, Paul Mark Haines, Ronald J Ender
  • Patent number: 11433664
    Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device component includes an input to receive a control signal from the fluid dispensing system, the control signal for activating the fluidic actuators of the fluid dispensing device during a fluidic operation mode. The fluid dispensing device component includes a nonvolatile memory, and a controller to, during a memory write mode, write a first portion of the nonvolatile memory to a first programmed level responsive to the control signal being activated for a first time duration, and write a second portion of the nonvolatile memory to a second programmed level responsive to the control signal being activated for a second time duration different from the first time duration, the second programmed level being different from the first programmed level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James Michael Gardner, Berkeley Fisher, Scott A. Linn
  • Patent number: 11433693
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a feed portion that feeds a medium, a transport portion that transports the fed medium in a transport direction, a recording portion that performs recording on the medium transported by the transport portion, a support member that includes a support surface that supports the medium on which the recording portion performs recording. The recording apparatus includes a pressing member that presses the medium towards the support member, at a position upstream of the recording position of the recording portion in the transport direction. The pressing member is provided so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Furusawa, Satoshi Yoshino, Kensuke Tamai
  • Patent number: 11433686
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a recording medium, including a step of preparing a liquid A which includes at least one kind of aggregating agent selected from the group consisting of an acid, a polyvalent metal compound, and a metal complex, and water, a step of preparing a liquid B which includes a resin and water, a step of mixing the liquid A with the liquid B at an ambient temperature of 5° C. to 40° C. to obtain a mixed solution, a step of storing the mixed solution at an ambient temperature of 5° C. to 40° C., and a step of applying the mixed solution after the storage onto an impermeable base material within 30 days from the start of mixing the liquid A with the liquid B to obtain a recording medium; and an image recording method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayato Sato, Yusuke Fujii, Takeshi Miyato
  • Patent number: 11433681
    Abstract: A fluidic ejection cartridge and protective tape therefor. The cartridge includes a cartridge body for an organic solvent-based fluid having a cover closing a first end thereof, an ejection head on a second end thereof and side walls attached to the first and second ends between the first and second ends. The side walls include a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a first end wall attached to the first and second side walls, and a second end wall opposite the first end wall attached to the first and second side walls. A removable tape is attached to a nozzle plate of the ejection head and to a portion of the first side wall. The removable tape contains a polymeric backing film and a glass-filled, platinum-cured silicone adhesive. The glass-filled, platinum-cured silicone adhesive is cross-linked with silane and a second cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Boyle, Paul W. Dryer, David C. Graham, Sean T. Weaver
  • Patent number: 11413878
    Abstract: A drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes a light-transmitting member above a recording layer, obtaining information regarding the light-transmitting member, predicting an optical axis deviation of a laser beam in the recording layer from the information regarding the light-transmitting member, and calculating a correction amount from a result of the prediction of the optical axis deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurihara, Taichi Takeuchi, Asuka Tejima, Aya Shuto
  • Patent number: 11400732
    Abstract: A marking system (1) for marking a marking object (2) comprises a marking device (13) for attaching a marking (20) on a marking object (2), a detection device (15, 16) for detecting identification information (300) associated with the marking object (2), and a control device (10) for controlling the marking device (13), the control device (10) being designed to authenticate identification information (300) detected by the detection device (15, 16) and to control the marking device (13) on the basis of the authentication. In this way, a marking system for marking a marking object is provided, which makes reliable marking of permitted marking objects possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kilian Klages, Alexander Hofmann, Peter Isaak, Torben Rheker
  • Patent number: 11383537
    Abstract: A controller determines whether, in a case where feeding of a subsequent sheet is performed in a first feed condition, a subsequent sheet contacts conveyance rollers during recording on a preceding sheet, the first feed condition being that feeding of the subsequent sheet is started at a first timing before recording on the preceding sheet ends and that the subsequent sheet is fed at a first velocity, and in response to determining that the subsequent sheet contacts the conveyance rollers during recording on the preceding sheet, controls the feed roller to perform feeding of the subsequent sheet in a second feed condition or a third feed condition, the second feed condition being that the feeding of the subsequent sheet is started at a second timing later than the first timing, the third feed condition being that the subsequent sheet is fed at a second velocity lower than the first velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shohei Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Ito, Keisuke Wakakusa, Yoshimitsu Taniguchi, Masatake Sato
  • Patent number: 11370228
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a light source, a switching drive circuit configured to control an electric current for causing the light source to emit a light beam, a moving part configured to move one of a recording target on which an image is to be recorded by the light beam and a light emitting position at which the light beam is emitted relative to another one of the recording target and the light emitting position, and a controller configured to control a light emission timing of the light source and a relative moving speed of the moving part based on image information. The drive circuit includes a switching circuit configured to turn on and off a switching element. The controller is configured to change a switching frequency of the switching element according to at least one of the light emission timing and the relative moving speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masataka Uehira
  • Patent number: 11364727
    Abstract: A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Takahashi, Nobukazu Hirai, Satoko Asaoka, Mitsunari Hoshi, Taichi Takeuchi, Eikichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11358403
    Abstract: A web loader includes a web holder configured to hold a web, a traction member configured to hold the web holder and travel along a loading path of the web, a drive rotation body configured to drive the traction member to travel, and a limiter configured to limit a drive force applied to the drive rotation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ohba
  • Patent number: 11358397
    Abstract: A digital printing machine comprises a cylindrical drum assembly on the rigid printing framework. A cylindrical drum moves along and rotates about its central cylindrical axis and a stationary printing head with multiple nozzles placed proximately above the circumference of the cylindrical drum. The combined linear and rotational movements of the cylindrical drum enable the printing head to create a smooth helical printing trajectory on the flexible fabrics. The cylindrical drum of the digital printing machine also works as a working drum to hold a piece of flexible textile to be printed. A double-side printing mechanism allows the digital printing machine to automatically carry out the second side printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Samuel Zhihui Jin
  • Patent number: 11358398
    Abstract: There is provided a print control device that causes a printing device to perform printing, the print control device including: a specifying section that specifies a print target from a captured image captured by an image capturing sensor; a display section that displays, on a display, a screen in which a trimmed image is superimposed on the captured image, the trimmed image being obtained by trimming a preview image of original print data in accordance with the print target; a setting receiving section that receives a setting of a relative position of the preview image with respect to the print target; a print instruction receiving section that receives a print instruction at the relative position; and a control section that causes the printing device to perform printing on the print target based on the original print data and the relative position according to the print instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakanishi, Ikuo Masujima, Kiyokazu Kamijo, Kei Miyazawa, Takahiro Otani, Junko Yamamoto, Takeshi Aoki, Akinobu Miyasaka, Shiori Naruse
  • Patent number: 11353804
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a unit configured to perform image forming operation, a unit board in the unit, a wiring configured to be connected to the unit board, and a control board configured to be connected to the unit board with the wiring and control the unit. The unit board includes a connector to which the wiring is to be connected. A length of the connector in a longitudinal direction of the connector is longer than a length of the unit board in a widthwise direction of the unit board, and the longitudinal direction of the connector intersects the widthwise direction of the unit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoji Misao
  • Patent number: 11347159
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; a plurality of light emitting units arranged over a front surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and a plurality of light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; a flow path disposed on a side of the base plate opposite to a side facing the light emitting units to feed air therethrough in the first direction; and a wire electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of the light emitting units, and disposed inside the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kasuya, Takahiko Kobayashi, Tsutomu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11338584
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus which, in a case of performing wiping operations at a plurality of different wiping pressures, can perform each wiping operation at a suitable wiping pressure and a suitable angle. To achieve this object, a liquid ejection apparatus is configured such that the angle of the wiping surface of a wiper to an ejection port surface can be changed while the wiper is out of contact with the ejection port surface and is not performing wiping, and the ejection port surface can be wiped with the wiper after the wiping surface angle is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Tanaka